(d) At its August 8, 2014 meeting, the Company's Board of Directors elected
Richard H. Lenny as a director to serve until the May 2015 Annual Meeting and
determined him to be independent. Mr. Lenny, age 62, was an operating partner
with Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC, a private equity firm, from 2011 to August
1, 2014, at which time he became a senior advisor. From 2001 through 2007 he
served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hershey
Company, a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of candy, snacks and
candy-related grocery products. He became a director of Discover Financial
Services and ConAgra Foods, Inc. in 2009 and a director of McDonald's
Corporation in 2005. Mr. Lenny has been appointed to the Audit and Compensation
Committees of the Company.

Mr. Lenny will participate in the standard non-employee director compensation
arrangements described in the Company's 2014 proxy statement.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.

(a)At its August 8, 2014 meeting, the Company's Board of Directors approved an
amendment to Article III, Section 2 of the Company's By-Laws, effective August
8, 2014, to set a range for the number of directors, and provide that the exact
number of directors within such range may be set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Directors acting by the vote of not less than a majority of the
directors then in office. The text of Article III, Section 2, as amended, is as
follows:

"SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the
corporation shall be not less than three nor more than twenty. The exact number
of directors within such range may be set from time to time by resolution of the
board of directors acting by the vote of not less than a majority of the
directors then in office. No reduction in the number of directors shall have the
effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his term. Each
director shall hold office for the term for which such director is elected or
until a successor shall have been chosen and shall have qualified or until such
director's earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal."

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description
3 By-Laws of Illinois Tool Works Inc., as amended and restated as
of August 8, 2014
99.1 Press Release issued by Illinois Tool Works Inc. dated August 8,
2014